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“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” ~ Meister Eckhart Today was such a wonderful day. It began with a long drive to the nearest hospital, a one-hour drive. […]

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/23425859/colorado-new-mexico-rainfall-totals This morning my heart is with the people who are displaced and in fear and grief from the ravages of the floods in the Southwest. I’m also thinking of the people grieving the pain of all the losses of […]

Twice in the last week, I rediscovered the miracle of choosing different words. (Note: I so want to share with you the good news of how we can manifest little miracles in our lives. And in order to do […]

What would you do if you had unlimited money? What would you do if you had unlimited time? In other words, what would you do if there were no excuses or obstacles? What would you do if you could do […]

Did you ever find yourself praying for something and then forgetting to say thank you when you got what you prayed for? Embarrassing, isn’t it? Or even if you didn’t pray, perhaps you were somehow spared something that could have […]

What Is Most Important?So, I have decided to take a break from writing this blog for a while. Although I have much to write about, sometimes the time, energy, and means to write it are not as available. And I’m in a place in my life right now where I don’t care to “push the river.”
I have to prioritize how I use

Things Can Shift in an InstantTwo times in the last two weeks I was feeling incredibly depleted and fatigued. The first time it was after driving 2000 miles across the country in four days by myself - the third and longest day was through gale force Kansas winds that shook my car so thoroughly I had to slow way down so as not

What Do You Value?On a long 2,000 mile car trip across the country recently, I found myself with some time to think. Car trips can be good that way. Somewhere along the way I found myself thinking about money and how we have come to place such value on something which is, in actuality, paper. Yes, I know theore

A Time for Others and a Time for SelfWe're all familiar with that timeless piece of wisdom found in Ecclesiastes:
"There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill an

Learning to TrustI finally figured out what I'm doing wrong. I figured out why I've been having so much trouble with Dad's move into the nursing home, with his recent decline, and with his current fevered state. It's not that I'm afraid of him dying, it's that I don't want him to be uncomfortable. I don't want